As St. Philip's is a Christian church, we acknowledge Jesus Christ as our ultimate leader. We believe that he established the Church and in still in charge today. In all that we do, we seek to do his will and we give him the glory for any of our achievements.

St Philip's, together with a neighbouring congregation, St. Mark's, has called Rev. Philip Liebelt to be our Minister , serving each congregation half time.
 

It is our prayer that Philip will be able to mentor and train our leaders for their ministry role and will equip and encourage the members of the congregation to reach out to our local community with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
 

Congregational meetings are held four times in the year after the Sunday worship service.  We sometimes share lunch between the worship and the meeting. The Congregational AGM is held in June.

The Ministry of the Congregation is divided into three core ministry areas: Administration, Spiritual Direction, and Care & Concern.  Each Ministry Core has a Core Coordinator whose is a member of the Church Council and whose task it is to oversee the work of that area.

Each core is made up of a number of ministry areas, each under the direction of a ministry leader.  These ministry areas cover all the groups and activities  of the congregation's ministry.

Core co-ordinators and Ministry Leaders form a Ministry Team which meets bi-monthly with the Minister to share and discuss issues, undertake training and plan for the future.
 
 

ADMINISTRATION	SPIRITUAL DIRECTION	CARE & CONCERN
Finance: includes the Treasurer's work, Stewardship, budget.	Worship: planning for worship services, visiting preachers, special worship events, resourcing small group worship.	Pastoral Care: includes regular visiting of members and families, crisis visiting, counselling, practical support.
Stewards: door stewards, communion stewards.	Outreach: outreach groups, events and activities.	Groups: Small groups whose aim is fellowship and personal support for members.
Property: buildings maintenance, gardening, lawn mowing, hall hire, equipment maintenance.	Nurture:  groups, activities and events which nurture the spiritual growth of new believers and church members,  build disciples and train members for ministry.	Social Justice: raising awareness within the congregationa nd local community of social justice issues, social action groups and events.
Communication: includes dissemination of information about the congregation's activities, facilitating communication between ministry areas and liaison with other churches.	Prayer: prayer groups & triplets, prayer chain, prayer meetings, resources for personal prayer.	Hospitality: congregational social events,  catering, arranging short-term accommodation when needed.